''They've bullied us on a number of occasions,'' Aloisi said on Friday. ''That's not going to happen any more. We're quite a strong team - we've got players that know what Perth are all about.

''We're not going to go out there and try to bully them because that's not our game. But we'll just make sure that if they try to do it against us, we're prepared for it.''

With a 37-degree day forecast for Melbourne and the match scheduled to start at 5.30pm, Aloisi said the weather would affect his team's strategy. ''We know you can't press for 90 minutes and, especially if it's [37] degrees, we're going to have to do it in patches, but we'll still try and do it,'' Aloisi said.

Perth will regain skipper Jacob Burns from suspension, while the Heart has lost Ben Garuccio to injury.

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